Dear PG,

On a simple level, "silent of body" means "well-restrained" and also
that none of the precepts
are broken on account of bodily actions. This is a off the cuff or
"intuitive" (as one scholar puts it)
answer.

The verse is from It 56.
The verse with a slightly different line d is at A 1:273.
Both verses are found at Nm (Mahaniddesa) 1:58 & Nc (Cullaniddesa).

PG you can easily locate such refs using CSCD.

With metta & Happy Vesak, 1:58, 2:335.

Piya Tan

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:09 PM, pgd2507 <pgd2507@...> wrote:
> Dear Dhamma teachers and scholars,
>
> I came across the following quoted words and translation:
>
> =======================================
> Kâyamunim vâcâmunim,
> manomunimanâsavam,
> munim moneyyasampannam.
> Âhu ninhâtapâpakam.
>
> Silenced in body, silenced in speech,
> silenced in mind, without defilement,
> blessed with silence is the sage.
> He is truly washed of all evil.
> =======================================
>
> could someone give me a reference and also explain what is meant
> by "Silenced in the body". The only bodily silence I know of is that
> of a corpse. surely, the buddha could not have meant that, nor
> does he seem to be referring to a body motionless in meditation...
>
> Thanks & metta,
> PG
>
>



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